(05-05-2014, 09:03 AM)Duubz Wrote: If this is what they're teaching, hell no I won't.

(05-05-2014, 09:15 AM)cr33pyguy Wrote: Probably depends on which school you go to. Maybe the shittiest of the shittiest schools teaches that. Believe me, they do teach how to use loops. Actually (at least here) they do go through a lot of topics quite in depth. They do a whole year of Python, with only one unit on hardware.

(05-05-2014, 09:03 AM)Duubz Wrote: If this is what they're teaching, hell no I won't.

(05-05-2014, 09:48 AM)xornull Wrote: They teach a load of crap in high school, in University it they will teach you much more advanced theory, but even so practice is always the key element for programming...

(05-05-2014, 09:57 AM)Duubz Wrote: Practice isn't my worry. I practice everyday from when I get home to when I go to bed.

AND some of this is just plain wrong. I'll give you an example, the .join statement.

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Joining two phrases cannot be done. You choose a character (or multiple) to join items in a list.

Example:

Code:

lst = ['item 1', 'item 2'] print(str('-'.join(lst)))

If you were to run that in Python, it would return this:

item 1-item 2

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His usage was 'statement'.join('another statement')

This is bad because it combines the two and they wrap around each other.

If I did 'hi'.join('there') in Python, it would return this;
thihhiehirhie

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Don't believe me? Here comes a screen shot.

(05-05-2014, 10:42 AM)xornull Wrote: Is that Ubuntu?

(05-05-2014, 09:16 AM)Duubz Wrote: You want to know how I learned Python? Anizeb taught me the basics. Then, like he did, whenever I had an error, I Googled that shit. And so far, from the looks, Google will help a lot more than a school.

(05-05-2014, 10:42 AM)xornull Wrote: Is that Ubuntu?

(05-05-2014, 11:16 AM)cr33pyguy Wrote: The problem: you can't compare this to how much school would have helped, since I believe you've never taken a programming course. The courses do teach you programming with a more aspect/theory based approach, but that's not necessarily bad, since it will help you pick up an other language and understand them faster.

However, I believe practise is important - I always google whatever errors I get/problems I have, and I have learned lots from it.

(05-05-2014, 11:19 AM)Duubz Wrote: Sadly, you're wrong, old friend. I am indeed taking a programming course in school. The only the is the course doesn't relate to this thread since it's not in Python.